Girard Municipal Court, Ohio Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

A motion for continuance must be submitted in writing.

Motions for continuance shall be submitted in writing within seven (7) calendar days of a scheduled trial or hearing; said motion shall be accompanied by a $25.00 filing fee except in exigent

CRITICAL

All filed papers must be typed on 8½-by-11-inch paper, filed under the cause style and number, and include the judge’s name, case type, a short description of the pleading, and information required by the applicable rules.

All papers filed with the Clerk of Court in any action or proceeding shall be typed on 8 ½” by 11” paper and filed under the style and number of the cause; shall include the name of the judge; a notation as to the type of case, a short description as to what type of pleading is being filed and any other information required by the civil or criminal rules.

CRITICAL

Margins

top 1.5 in

Format

PDF

E-filed pleadings and motions must meet the stated PDF, color, file-size, resolution, link, margin, and local-rule requirements.

All e-Filed pleadings shall be submitted in accordance with the following requirements: a. All pleadings and motions must be submitted in a searchable portable document format (PDF); and b. All pleadings must be black and white only. No color pleadings or documents; and c. Pleadings and motions must not exceed twenty megabytes (20 MB). If a submission exceeds this requirement, it must be condensed into several compliant submissions within this data restriction; and d. Image resolution must be at least 200 dots per inch (DPI); and e. Pleadings may NOT contain links to other material; and f. Pleadings must contain a signature; and g. Pleadings must include a certificate of service; and h. Pleadings must have a 1 1/2-inch margin at the top; and i. Pleadings must comply with the local rules governing paper pleadings for substance and format unless otherwise indicated herein.

CRITICAL

Format

DOCX

Proposed orders must use the e-Filing system’s specified Word template and may include no identifying information beyond the case name and number.

All proposed orders must be filed using the template provided in the e-Filing system titled "PROPOSEDORDERTEMPLATE.docx". This template includes the appropriate signature tokens and formatting for the judicial authority. Proposed orders that do not use the template are at risk of rejection by the Court. No additional identifying information other than the case name and number shall be included on any proposed order; i.e. no company identifier or other internal tracking system.

CRITICAL

Registered Users must remove metadata and non-public data, including the listed identifiers, from all e-File submissions.

Removal of Certain Identifiers: In addition, the Registered Users must remove all metadata and non-public data from all e-File submissions including but not limited to the following: remove any identifying numerals in a social security number; financial account number; medical records; driver's license numbers and other identifying information.

CRITICAL

Motions must be made in writing.

All motions shall be made in writing and accompanied by a written memorandum containing the arguments of counsel together with a filing fee in accordance with the court’s cost structure.

WARNING

Civil pleadings must leave an approximately three-inch-diameter blank in the upper-right portion for the clerk’s time stamp.

The face of the pleadings filed in civil cases shall provide a blank of approximately three inches in diameter in the upper right portion of the pleadings sufficient to permit the clerk’s time stamp imprint.

WARNING

Civil complaint face sheets must include a typed, 2½-inch horizontal line about ½ inch below and parallel to the case-number line.

And, in addition thereto, the face-sheet of all complaints filed in civil cases shall provide a two-and – half inch type written horizontal line approximately one-half-inch below and parallel to the line provided for the case number.

WARNING

Citations to these rules must use the designation “GMC Rule No. _______.”

These rules shall be known as the Girard Municipal Court Rules of Practice and Procedure and shall be cited as GMC Rule No.